Valentine’s Day for kids?

Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? We do. Yes, I get that it’s a commercial concept, thought up to separate the gullible from the contents on their wallets, but I like it. It’s something to look forward to and an excuse to do something romantic.

The thing is, JD’s four now, and if we celebrate something without him, he notices.

Until recently, we could go out in the evening and JD would be unmoved, more concerned with the fact that he’d be seeing his grandma, whom he adores. But as he’s hit four – and I suppose because Little Miss J has arrived – he doesn’t like to be left out.

We hope to make it out for a couple of hours this Valentine’s Day and since we’ve got that to look forward to, I wanted to find a way to make it fun for JD too.

So, I sat down with him and explained what the day is about. Then we looked at the imagery, discussed the colours (mostly reds), the flowers (mostly roses), the shapes (mostly hearts – he taught me a clever way to draw them). It was fun and vaguely educational.

Next, we made treats – any excuse, right?

Valentine’s white chocolate and strawberry icing heart

We bought a heart-shaped silicone cake tray and some heart-shaped cookie cutters at the supermarket the other day, so we made up a really simple and quite pretty recipe (pics below):